I've heard other people say that forums, in general, are just not busy like they used to be with all the social media sites these days. I honestly can't say I see this place being less busy, but then I've only been really, really active for about the last four years. About every two months or so, someone posts a thread just like this saying the place is not as active as it was 'back then'. Well, OK, fine, who knows.
Look at this positively, maybe more people are learning to code on their own and don't need our help?